Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-25

10 1aqulna bay some months since,
has packed up his " traps" and is CON-
| ing back to the SOun1. 1t was found
impossible to carry on fishing with
traps in Yaquina bay, on account of a
large amount of marine vegetation,
eel grass, etc, which floats about with
the tide and lodges against the traps.
There is plenty of fish outside of
faquina bay but it needs a steamer to
carry on the work there. Captain
Feltrs was very successful on the
Sound last year, and caught a great
many Goldfish.
A letter from l.. F. Sanderson, OF
the River Bank nursery, San Jose,
CAL, to j. NJ. Ogle, of Puyallup, in an
swer 20 inquiries in regard to prune
stock states that all stock is exhausted,
owing to the unusual demand on the
part Of farmers, and the large orchards
they set out He says: The stock
of French prunes is exhausted, and
what lew remain would be readily taken
at 20 10 30 cents, if they Gould be had.
One larty wants to plant 500 acres. "
Mr.. Osle says the demand for Italian
prune stock here is about as large as for
| the French prune. His sales of the two
are about the same.
A company of lumbermen from
Michigan are securing the timber
tributary to the line of the Seattle,
Lake Shore and Eastern railway, on
the Sammish river preparatory to put
ting in number of spurs, or branch
roads, to enable them to get thir logs
to salt water. They expect to 60 into
the logging business quite extensively
and put enough men in the woods to
enable them to ship fully 100000 feet
of logs to the Sound each day for six
days in the week. As soon rs they
can secure the iron they intend to
build one spur six miles long, right
into the heart of a beautiful body oi
timber.
Customs Collector Quincy A. Brooks
has appointed as tea-tester ]. Ed
Buckley, sn of Assistant General
Manager Buckley of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Heretofore San
Francisco, New York, Boston and
Chicago have been the only cities
where there have been testers. Trans
portation companies are under bond.
to return free of charge to places o.
shipment, tea that is found to be be
low the standard test, the object beins
to keep this country free from spuri
Gus stuff. Instead of being detained
at Chicago all tea hereafter passing
through Tacoma will be examined
there, thus saving time and doing away
with the necessity of sending the tes
through to eastern ports, in sealet
cars and in bond. Mr.. Buckley is
graduate OF the college of pharmacy
of Philadelphia.
The Model Commonwealth report,
that there are now about 400 persons
at the Puget Sound colony settlement
at Port Angeles. Fifteen cottages ant
four large buildings had been erecte,
on the Sd inst, and other building
projected. About 20 acres Of heavily
timbered land have been cleared an,
the logs hauled to to the mill. A roa.
has been made along the foot of tn,
bluff from one end OF the. townsite t,
the other. There is a brick yard il
which 100000 kiln of brick has bee,
made, saw-mill with capacity @
10000 feet oflumber day, a black
smith, tin and sheet iron shop,
laundry, printing Office, bakery, ca,
penter shop and physicians Office an,
a large force Of carpenters are puttin
up buildings for the colony. The tc
tai expenditures SO far is about $50, ,OO(
Total Indebtedness less than $15,OO(
including payments due to labor. TIL
property to-day would sell in ope
!, market for over 100000 without tn
population. All colonists work eigh
, hours. They go to work at 8 o'clocl
take one hour for dinner, and quit q
B o'clock. On Saturdays all the men
bers join in dance; music being flu
nished by their own orchestra. SUI
day evening there is a discussion o
, ethics.
Q Two young ladies are running Il